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Bhantal FC’s Team Manager Ibrahim Conteh and SLFA’s Club Licensing First Instant Board Chairman Siman Man’s-Conteh Esquire are currently in Egypt to attend the Club Licensing Instructors & Club Licensing Online Platform (CLOP) Experts Workshop that commenced today Wednesday the 31st January to Friday the 2nd February 2024.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has launched a Club Licensing Online Platform (CLOP). This landmark CAF project was presented to the Member Associations during the CAF Club Licensing Seminar in Cairo, Egypt.
The training is geared towards Confederation de Africaine Football’s ongoing efforts of aiding and giving support to all its 54 Member Associations continues across the various CAF Divisions, as the governing body of African football works tirelessly towards making African football globally competitive and self-sustaining.
The two SLFA representatives will be trained as potential candidates who will be assigned by CAF to impart knowledge and expertise on the club licensing system to other officials across the continent.
According to CAF Communication department, The CAF Club Licensing Online Platform (CLOP) is an electronic tool system designed to manage the licensing process and stadium inspections for continental and domestic competitions.
The Member Associations as licensors will use the CAF Club Licensing Online Platform to operate their licensing system every season. The system is extended to all the CAF national associations in order to be used for continental and domestic license type.
As part of its features, the CAF Club Licensing Online Platform:
• Allows the Licensors to implement a fully automated and electronic club licensing process for continental and domestic competitions;
• Facilitates smooth gathering and real-time visualization of the documents submitted by the licence applicants (clubs);
• Enables CAF to monitor the licensing procedure not only for CAF Interclubs competitions but also for the national competitions;
• Allows CAF to gather data (Benchmarking) about clubs in Africa;
• Enables the running of stadium inspections missions for CAF and domestic competitions.
Platform will enable the club licensing process to be more efficient for the clubs and all stakeholders involved in the process.
